by Robert Parham | Jul 18, 2008 | Opinion
When the Southern Baptist Convention voted in June 2004 to withdraw from and defund the Baptist World Alliance, a tiny body stepped up a month later at the BWA’s annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea, with a commitment to help rebuild the world’s largest...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 17, 2008 | Opinion
Vacation Bible School is apparently where the slippery slope ends.I picked up my daughters (one a participant, the other a helper) from VBS at noon so we could have lunch together. But they were not hungry.”Why?”I asked.“Pizza, Kit-Kat Bars, ham-salad...
by Mark Johnson | Jul 17, 2008 | Opinion
A little over a year ago, the Missions Committee offered a small way we can impact our community. They sponsored “piggy banks” for each Sunday school class asking for loose change offerings to benefit God’s Pantry. This Lexington-based organization...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 17, 2008 | Opinion
I suppose every school has bullies. I remember running into high-school bullies who didn’t like my nerdy appearance, or who took offense when I talked to a certain girl in Latin class. Almost the entire high school turned bully in 1968, the year a handful of...
by Charles Foster Johnson | Jul 16, 2008 | Opinion
The Italian government’s plan to fingerprint the Roma people, commonly known as Gypsies, must be condemned by Baptists everywhere. For a number of years, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has focused its global mission energies in ministering the gospel to this...
by Robert Parham | Jul 16, 2008 | Opinion
Denial of human rights anywhere is a threat to human rights everywhere. Silence to injustice any time furthers injustice every time. Indifference to the suffering of any group increases indifference to the suffering of all groups. Conversely, speaking up for justice...
